We at Insider Monkey have gone over 700 13F filings that hedge funds and prominent investors are required to file by the SEC The 13F filings show the funds' and investors' portfolio positions as of September 30th. In this article, we look at what those funds think of The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) and Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) based on that data.
Is The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) a buy, sell, or hold? Money managers are in a bullish mood. The number of bullish hedge fund positions improved by 11 lately, though our calculations showed that Disney still wasn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds. However, it was more popular among billionaire investors, which are pretty much the cream of the crop of the investing world, as it landed 24th on the list of 30 Stocks Billionaires Are Crazy About: Insider Monkey Billionaire Stock Index.
How have hedgies been trading The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)?
Heading into the fourth quarter of 2018, a total of 63 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey held long positions in this stock, a 21% rise from the second quarter of 2018. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in DIS over the last 13 quarters. So, let's see which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
Among these funds, Viking Global held the most valuable stake in The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), which was worth $1271 million at the end of the third quarter. On the second spot was SRS Investment Management which amassed $890.3 million worth of shares. Moreover, Maverick Capital, Adage Capital Management, and Diamond Hill Capital were also bullish on The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS), allocating a large percentage of their portfolios to this stock.
As one would reasonably expect, key hedge funds were breaking ground themselves. Junto Capital Management, managed by James Parsons, assembled the most outsized position in The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS). Junto Capital Management had $44.3 million invested in the company at the end of the quarter. George Soros's Soros Fund Management also initiated a $35 million position during the quarter. The other funds with brand new DIS positions are D E Shaw, John Lykouretzos' Hoplite Capital Management, and Ian Simm's Impax Asset Management.
Let's go over hedge fund activity in other stocks – not necessarily in the same industry as The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) but similarly valued. These stocks are Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV (NYSE:BUD), NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), TOTAL S.A. (NYSE:TOT), and Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX). This group of stocks' market valuations resemble DIS's market valuation.
As you can see these stocks had an average of 43 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $3.90 billion. That figure was $4.91 billion in DIS's case. Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand TOTAL S.A. (NYSE:TOT) is the least popular one with only 13 bullish hedge fund positions. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) is not the most popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still above average. This is a slightly positive signal but we'd rather spend our time researching stocks that hedge funds are piling on. In this regard NFLX, which is in the process of disrupting Disney's business model, might be a better candidate to consider a long position in.
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Q: Insert React variable as attribute in html tag I am trying to obtain the following line

Note the rel='nofollow'
Within the render method of my React component, I have this JSX syntax :
render() {
  const rel = "rel='nofollow'";
  return (

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}

I get a :
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I also tried with
let rel = { __html: "Hey" };

and

which fails too but anyway dangerouslySetInnerHTML is supposed to inject some stuff between the opening and closing tag not within as an attribute of the  tag.
What would be the correct JSX syntax to make that happen ?

A: You'd first have to decide what "shape" of your rel value should be. Would it be a text? or would it be an object?
1 rel is a text.
If the rel is passed as a raw text, such as nofollow, you'd have to assign the rel property manually.
function LinkWithPropertyAssignment() {
  const rel = "nofollow";

  return (

      Google

  );
}

2 rel is an object.
If the rel was passed as an object, such as {rel: 'nofollow'}, then you can simply pass the object to the anchor element.
function LinkWithObjectSpread() {
  const rel = { rel: "nofollow" };

  return (

      Bing

  );
}

You can see that both will add rel='nofollow' attribute.

Demo
You can follow along on CodeSandbox.

A:   render() {
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A: You can set rel like this:
render() {
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John of Procida: The Bridals of Messina is an 1840 historical tragedy by the Irish writer James Sheridan Knowles. It is based on the life of the thirteenth century Italian physician and diplomat. It premiered at the Covent Garden Theatre in London.

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Bibliography
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Because organisations are complex structures and the people within them are often anxious and busy, the 'Engagement' step is one of the easiest steps to mess up. Just working out who to talk to can be a serious challenge.
Who to talk to - You need to identify all those who have involvement in your new measures, whether in production, review or reward.
How deeply to engage with them - Not all stakeholders need the same level of engagement. You need a method to manage this.
What the 'message' is - KPIs can scare people. Sometimes this is a rational response, sometimes not. Simply ignoring the issues is a recipe for disaster so you need a clear understanding of what message you are trying to convey to stakeholders.
How you communicate - A communications plan is needed for all but the simplest implementations. This should cover method, timing, audience, message and outcomes.
Stakeholder receptiveness - Introducing new concepts, such as a radically different dashboard design, can upset stakeholders, even if they are excellent and innovative. Substantial changes should be backed up by good-quality discussion and training. The sessions should cover both the reasoning and science behind the changes.
Why develop a communications plan?
Discuss and share the plan in advance.
Document progress against the communications plan during the implementation.
Evidence the delivery through a completed plan, after the event.
What is it that you are trying to change through your communications?
If you succeed with your communications, do you know what would be different?
Do you understand what your communications audience currently thinks? If not, you may need to survey the audience so you can measure any change resulting from the communication.
If you do know the current audience's view, make sure it is documented properly and can be referred back to after the communications plan delivery.
Who do you need to communicate with? Use the RACI matrix approach, explained in the next section, to segment your audience.
Write your key messages for each audience segment - keeping the purpose in mind.
Delivery method - Will it be face-to-face, by email, intranet or teleconference?
Timing - When will you communicate? How many updates or reminders will they receive?
Owner - Who will deliver the communications? Will they be trained? Are they suitable and motivated?
Audience - Are you completely clear about who is included in the communications and what type of communications they will receive?
Target outcomes from communications - What do you want the audience to know, think or do as a result of the communications?
What preparation do they need?
Have you drafted 'frequently asked questions and responses' and other backup resources for your deliverers?
How many people will you need to ensure you cover all the target audience?
What other resources do you need? E.g. company intranet pages, dedicated SharePoint sites etc.
How can your audience feed back comments and questions?
What checks do you have in place to make sure the plan is delivered as intended?
How can you tell if the communication has been effective?
How will you know if further communication, over and above the plan, is needed?
The number of people to be engaged.
The geographical distribution of those people.
The communications resource available - especially people to present road shows etc.
The level of controversy/complexity in the message.
The ability/existing knowledge of the audience.
Use targeting to make sure you don't encourage people to ignore your communications.
Put yourself 'in the shoes' of your audience. Look at things from their perspective and try to provide them with what they need to know.
Senior endorsement can help make sure people take the message seriously, even better if the keynote communications are delivered by a senior executive.
Be as honest as you can be.
If you expect a bumpy ride, try and have one-to-ones with key players in advance of any group sessions to prevent the sessions becoming 'gladiatorial'.
Accept that you will not always have the right information to hand. If you don't, commit to getting an answer and do so in the promised time scale.
Be very, very familiar with the message.


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Pour Me A Drink, Another Year Passed
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Created: 31 December 2009
Since all of my crackers are trapped in an ice-cold bucket (my doggy abhors loud explosions) and I got a few hours all to myself after that busy run-up to Christmas I thought it a good idea to send everyone some Happy New Year's cheers.
To be frank so far it has been a lousy one and I don't except it to get any better whilst it's taking its last breath. I had a lovely time being busy with myself (those of you who follow the forum might just have noticed that) and I'm not happy about that at all.
Now I will settle in with a bottle of champagne and all those pretty Christmas lights that are still glowing around me and try to keep in mind all the positively good that came towards me in my absolutely-not-OK days – and in this positive spirit I'm focusing on the next year to come.
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TV Book Club's book list revealed
As promised I'm trying to keep you updated on Nat's latest TV project "The TV Book Club". The show's team is currently working on its own homepage which will go public shortly. Even more importantly though the book list has just been revealed. Among the authors of the ten first titles chosen for the inaugural series of Channel 4's "The TV Book Club" are Sarah Waters, Nick Hornby and "The Wire" writer George Pelecanos.
The start show will feature Sarah Waters' Man Booker-shortlisted "The Little Stranger" with Hornby's "Juliet, Naked" and Pelecanos' "The Way Home" following, alongside more unsung titles such as Matthew Quick's "The Silver Linings Playbook" and Roma Tearne's "Brixton Beach". The list is dominated by the big publishing houses, with two coming from Random, four from Hachette, and one each from Harper, Penguin, Macmillan and Bloomsbury.
Read more: TV Book Club's book list revealed
The Perfect Host screening details
Just a short one to keep you updated on the screening details of Nick Tomnay's "The Perfect Host" at the Sundance Film Festival. Here's a short synopsis: Warwick Wilson is the consummate host. He carefully prepares for a dinner party, the table impeccably set and the duck perfectly timed for 8:30 p.m.
John Taylor is a career criminal. He's just robbed a bank and needs to get off the streets. He finds himself on Warwick's doorstep posing as a friend of a friend, new to Los Angeles, who's been mugged and lost his luggage. As the wine flows and the evening progresses, we become deeply intertwined in the lives of these two men and discover just how deceiving appearances can be.
Read more: The Perfect Host screening details
Golden Globe nomination for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
As the nominations for this year's Golden Globe have just officially been announced, I'm very honoured to tell you that Anna Paquin is in a very exclusive team of contenders for this year's Best Performance by an Actress In A Mini-series or Motion Picture Made for Television.
Competing with her are the fine actresses Joan Allen – Georgia O'Keeffe; Drew Barrymore – Grey Gardens; Jessica Lange – Grey Gardens and Sigourney Weaver – Prayers For Bobby. To all our deepest respect for their outstanding performances.
Read more: Golden Globe nomination for The Courageous Heart of Irena Sendler
Salvation Army's Christmas Carol Concert 2009
Stars of stage and screen joined The Salvation Army at London's Royal Albert Hall to celebrate the start of the Christmas season with the international church and charity's annual Carol Concert.
International ice-skater and television commentator Robin Cousins was the host for 'Celebrating Christmas with The Salvation Army 2009' on Sunday 29 November and the Christmas story was re-told by three of Britain's best known actors.
Jenny Agutter, whose early appearance in The Railway Children has led to an international film career was joined by one of the country's most cherished actresses June Whitfield, originally of 'Terry and June' fame and last but not least Nat.
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Commitment at the most senior level is vital for us to achieve our goal of leading the leisure travel sector in sustainable development.
Johan Lundgren, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, is responsible for reporting on sustainable development to the TUI GROUP Board. Jacky Simmonds, Group HR Director, is responsible for reporting on sustainable development to the Group Management Board. Jane Ashton is the Director of Group Sustainable Development.
The Group Management Board acts as the Steering Committee, setting the strategic direction and long-term objectives for sustainable development.
The Group Sustainable Development department's role is to drive change towards a more sustainable company, to forge sector leadership. The department works closely with other Group departments and the TUI GROUP network of Sector Coordinators, meeting regularly to tackle issues and develop action plans.
Each TUI GROUP sector has a Sustainable Development Coordinator, reporting on these issues directly to the Sector Managing Director. Mainstream businesses have a Sector Coordinator in each major geographical region. Sector Coordinators are responsible for identifying Group and sector-specific targets, collating performance data and developing and implementing sustainable development strategy within their sector.
Sector Coordinators are responsible for appointing champions in each TUI GROUP business to support them in the delivery of their Sector's sustainable development strategy.
To review our performance and to measure progress, we have incorporated sustainable development questions into regular colleague surveys at Sector and Group level. We also conduct an annual Sustainable Development Evaluation of TUI GROUP tour operating businesses, as well as specific surveys of airlines, hotels and water transport operations.


William and Cynthia's gift of two heart-shaped rose quartzes.
Our marriage was solemnised at the stroke of twelve this afternoon. I was choked with emotions when I responded to the marriage registrar's question with an "I do." This is the happiest day of my life. After nine years of courtship, Wuan and I finally took the leap of faith to become man and wife in the eyes of the law.
Wuan was my pillar of strength when I sank into depression after Mum's death. She has been there with me through thick and thin, supporting me all the way in whatever I did. My life would have been so incomplete without her. God took back the woman who loved me most and sent another who loves me equally as much. I am so blessed.
It was a private affair. William and Cynthia were our witnesses and the only persons in the room during the signing of the marriage certificates. All the four of us met around the same time back in the end of 1998. Therefore they were naturally the most suitable persons we could think of to become our witnesses on this joyous occasion.
Reallybites revealed this two days before in the entry titled Till Death Do Us Part.
The Lord bless both of you to the end of your days and have a blessed marriage!
Congratulations, Peter and Wuan. God bless.
May you both live happily ever after!
congratulations, you two love birds!
Really to hear that it has come to such a beautiful ending. Both of you are meant for each other!! Are you both going anywhere for a break ?
This is certainly a happy and joyous occasion worthy of a celebration to down some potcit to that! 😀 As we say in Malay, semoga anda berdua bahagia mengharungi bahtera hidup sebagai suami isteri! 🙂 My heartiest felicitations to the both of you!
Congratulations on your marriage and all the very best in your future together.
Congratulations, Peter & Wuan. I wish you happiness and good health.
Congratulations – Herzlichen Glückwunsch zur Hochzeit!
May the memories and moment spent together last until forever – in your words and wuan's photos.
The both of you have travelled far together yet this momentous ocassion will mark a new beginning in the rest of your journey in life. Take time to smell the roses on the wayside and to look in each other's eyes to know each other's soul.
Enough mushy-ness. Party hard and stay groovy you both!!
Another version of a malaysian love story all well ends well, congratulations.
May the Lord continue to bless and keep you both as you embark on this wonderful journey together!
Congrats..!! Happiness always.. Peter & Wuan..!
Have a wonderful marriage & God bless you both!
Congratulations! Peter & Wuan, may both of you blissful forever.
congratulations peter and wuan 🙂 do post wedding pics!
Congratulations!!!The wild boy from penang has finally met his match and settled down!
Life is complete when love is replete and two hearts together are cherished forever!
Congrats Peter and your new Mrs :)!
One giant leap for happiness.
Congrats to you and Wuan!
Congrats to both of you. Would like to buy you both a dinner to celebrate when you are in penang.


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The NRG is an Affiliate of the Military Vehicle Preservation Association.
Integrity, Respect, and Excellence in All We Do!
By the mud on their tires AND TRACKS!
Roman R. recently gave over 40 FREE RIDES in his GPW on Veterans Day at Ellis Lake in Marysville, CA.
Bob C. and his new M-38A1 at his campsite recently at Tower Park.
Tommy H. Recently gave approximately 225 FREE RIDES in his U.S. Navy Landing Craft or LCVP. He also had four Jeeps make "Beach Landings" on Ellis Lake in Marysville, CA on Veterans Day Weekend.
George S. enjoys his amphibious M-29C Weasel at a recent Camp Gridley.
Doug and Lotte O. give Dave and Nancy P. a ride in their Jeep at a recent Camp Gridley.
Dan and Sabra S. honor veteran family members on their Vietnam War ambulance at a recent Camp Gridley.
"Our Vehicles are Veterans too"
The Feather Falls Casino donated on behalf of the Northern Recon Group two checks to the Woman's Auxiliary in Tracy (American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars).
Another donation to the Tracy American Legion Post.
Here is the picture from Oro-Con June 2, 2018.
Gridley VFW Ladies Auxiliary receives a donation from Feather Falls Casino on behalf of the Northern Recon Group.
Floyd presenting a donation check to the American Legion Post 673 of Durham, CA from Feather Falls Casino on behalf of the NRG.
Floyd presenting a donation check to the American Legion Post 807 of Linda, CA from Feather Falls Casino on behalf of the NRG.
David Enser of the Feather Falls Casino presents Floyd Jones, NRG President with non-profit group's donation checks.
The Northern Recon Group makes more donations to non-profit organizations thanks to the Feather Falls Casino and Lodge.
Floyd presenting a donation check to Yuba-Sutter Blue Stars Moms from Feather Falls Casino on behalf of the NRG.
Floyd presenting a donation check to Chico Vietnam Veterans Resource Center from Feather Falls Casino on behalf of the NRG.


You're Not Crossing the Border with Me, Kinder. Surprise!
Aside from all the melting snow and pothole-riddled roads, one of the best ways to determine if spring is its way to Canada is the inevitable return of Easter-themed Kinder Surprises.
Enjoyed by children and adults alike, Kinder Surprise is a two-in-one treat that consists of an unassembled toy contained within a hollow chocolate eggshell. You never know what kind of toy your chocolate egg will reveal, and half the fun of getting a Kinder Surprise is in trying to figure out how to put all the pieces together.
If you've never had a Kinder Surprise, you can think of it as being similar to a piece of furniture from Ikea that's really easy to put together, and comes wrapped in chocolate.
It's never difficult to find a Kinder Surprise in Canada, as most stores carry them year-round. But when Easter is on the horizon, Kinder Surprise maxi eggs start making their way to displays in major retailers. With massive chocolate shells concealing huge toys, they're a great score to find on an Easter egg hunt.
While Canadian kids (and adults, let's be honest) know the joys of receiving a Kinder Surprise, Americans have long been deprived of this simple pleasure. That's because Kinder Surprises are banned in the United States.
Yep, you read that correctly. Banned. Illegal. Outlawed.
Apparently the U.S. deems the toys concealed inside the Kinder Surprise to pose such a significant choking hazard that they decided to eliminate the threat altogether by prohibiting the treat from being sold or imported into the country. More specifically, the eggs are banned because they contain a "non-nutritive object" embedded inside them, which contravenes a law enacted in 1938 that makes it illegal to conceal toys within candy.
As if being deprived on the goodness of Kinder Surprise wasn't bad enough, numerous travellers have been detained at the American border because they attempted to enter the country with the illegal treats. The fine for being caught with a Kinder Surprise can cost you up to $2,500 USD…per egg! Apparently quite a few people are unaware of (or don't care about) this law, as an estimated 25,000 eggs were seized at the border in 2011.
In an attempt to satisfy market demand, a New Jersey-based company has developed a product called Choco Treasures that hit store shelves in time for this Easter. Very similar to Kinder Surprise, the main difference with Choco Treasures is that the two sections of the chocolate egg are clearly sectioned off to prevent children from unknowingly eating the toy within the egg.
If you're an American reading this who is hoping to have found a substitution for your favourite illegal candy, don't get too excited just yet. Sources say fans of the original treat won't be overly impressed with this new product, so you might want to book a ticket to visit the Great White North before the Easter Bunny goes back into hibernation until next year.
You're Not Crossing the Border with Me, Kinder. Surprise!


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Enjoy! è il primo album in studio della cantante tedesca Jeanette Biedermann, pubblicato nel 2000 a nome Jeanette.

Tracce
Go Back (Frank Johnes, Tom Remm, Wonderbra) – 3:34
Time Is on My Side (Johnes, Wonderbra) – 3:52
Be in Heaven (Johnes, Wonderbra) – 4:02
Will You Be There (Johnes, Remm, Wonderbra) – 3:19
I Won't Think Twice (Wonderbra) – 3:59
Sex Me Up (Johnes, Wonderbra) – 3:22
Oh Shit, I Love You (Johnes, Wonderbra) – 3:49
Can't Let You Go (Johnes, Wonderbra) – 5:22
Enjoy (Me) (Johnes, Remm, Wonderbra) – 2:42
Take Care (Johnes, Wonderbra) – 3:28
Amazing Grace (Trad., Wonderbra) – 3:26
She's the Winner (Johnes, Wonderbra) – 3:37

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A subtle floral fragrance of Mahogany flower combined with a sparkling breeze of orange flower and bigarade leaf absolutes for delicate freshness. Inspired by floral colognes, this fragrance is an overdose of brightness and effervescence – very outdoorsy, citric and fresh with a rich undertow of gentle flowers. It instantly transports you to the intense humidity of Bangalore, India. Available in a 50ml eau de parfum.


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Imam: Militants distort true nature of Islam
Mamadou Toure, a Muslim imam from Senegal, talks about his beliefs Friday, the day after he spoke at a Chico Area Interfaith Council dinner.(Bill Husa/Enterprise-Record_
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PUBLISHED: November 4, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. | UPDATED: July 29, 2018 at 12:36 p.m.
Violence in the name of Islam could be stopped peacefully — through education, a Muslim leader said in Chico last week.
The solution is for all Muslims to learn the truth about Islam — that its guiding ethic is the Golden Rule, Mamadou Toure said in an interview Friday.
Toure, who comes from Senegal, in West Africa, is an imam — an Islamic clergyman. He lives in Portland, Ore., and leads a mosque there. He is also the founder of the Institute of Islamic and Interfaith Studies, which he said promotes inter-religious understanding and works to solve social problems.
Toure came to Chico because he'd been invited to be the featured speaker at the annual dinner of the Chico Area Interfaith Council Thursday.
During an interview Friday morning, Toure said his family in Senegal has long followed the Muslim faith. In fact, he described himself as "a seventh-generation" imam.
His training to be an imam began when he was 9 years old, he said. However, he wanted religion to be something more than "the family legacy." So, after college, he went to study at the Sorbonne, in France, where he earned a master's degree in comparative religion.
Learning Arabic and reading the Quran in its original language opened up new vistas, he said. "I was really shocked at the idea of how much trust and faith God has in us — in our ability to set the world right."
Before he created humans, according to the Quran, God said, "I'm going to create the one who is going to be the caretaker of the earth on my behalf," Toure said.
On delving deeper into the Muslim holy book, he said he was struck by the dominance of the message that all people are one.
Chapter 49, Verse 13 of the Quran says, "Oh, mankind, we have created you from a single pair — one male and one female," Toure said. "All mankind — and womankind — whether you like it or not, is your brother. White as snow or black as night, you are still my brother."
The true nature of Islam is being horribly distorted by militants like the terrorists of Sept 11, he said.
Muslims have a duty to denounce all violence, he added, noting he helped organize an interfaith rally in Portland against violence in the name of religion.
Still, it's not hard to see the reasons for terrorism, he said, referring to what he called "the Taliban experience."
In Afghanistan, he said, a population of young men spent a decade fighting the Soviets. When that struggle ended, they had no skills except fighting. They called themselves Muslims, but they knew little about their religion.
What happened next? Outsiders came into the country to instruct them in "ideological Islam," Toure said. "That is what they learned, an ideology of hate and murder used by ruthless people" whose goal is world conquest.
It's terrible, he said, that this is what they were taught, instead of "scriptural, prophetic Islam, which embraces a vision of peace and compassion."
True Islam teaches that the Quran is actually three books, he said. It is the written book of scriptures, the "cosmic book" of the natural world, and the "human book."
All three are equally sacred, he said. "To hurt a human being is the exact same thing as to desecrate the holy book."
Sadly, he said, many who hold their religion's written scriptures as absolutely sacrosanct do not hesitate to harm other people.
It is said that a delegation of Christians once visited the Prophet Muhammad and spent time with him in his mosque, Toure said. At one point, the Christians began to go outside.
The prophet asked them why they were leaving. They said they needed to pray.
"Can you not pray in here? This is a house of God," Muhammad said to them. So the Christians prayed inside the mosque.
That is how it should be, Toure said. Adherents of one faith should open their doors to followers of others.
While it's not yet the reality, it is what God demands, Toure said.
"We are the crown of God's creation. It is our task to live up to that vision."
Marin students among Bay Area candidates for prestigious U.S. Presidential Scholars Program


Baton Rouge, LA (05/10/2018) — Dr. David L. Briscoe, professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been chosen by The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi--the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society--as the 2018-2020 recipient of the Ray Sylvester Distinguished Service Award. Dr. Briscoe received the award for his outstanding dedication to service extending beyond academia.
A certified family life educator and marriage and family sociologist, Dr. Briscoe's professional and academic career spans more than 25 years. In addition to his leadership and achievement as a scholar, he has made a substantial impact through volunteer service to the Boy Scouts of America for more than 50 years. Dr. Briscoe has served in several roles within the Boy Scouts organization spanning all levels including district, council, area, regional, national and international.
Dr. Briscoe, who is currently serving as president of the Quapaw Area Council in Little Rock, Arkansas, has been recognized for his service with the Boy Scouts of America through a number of awards including the organization's highest honor, the Silver Buffalo Award for distinguished service to youth on a national basis-an honor he shares with 15 United States presidents. Dr. Briscoe also received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award in 2008 for notable service and achievement in his profession and to the community for more than 25 years after attaining the level of Eagle Scout.
"Dr. David Briscoe has demonstrated a consistently remarkable and meritorious commitment to volunteer service. For 52 years, Dr. Briscoe has dedicated his time, goodwill and public spirit to serving youth in the Boy Scouts of America in a variety of roles, directly and indirectly impacting the lives of an estimated 5 million youths and adults over the course of his involvement with the organization," said Dr. Joseph W. Wescott, chair of the Distinguished Service Award selection committee. "Dr. Briscoe's sustained volunteer service to youth beyond the realm of academia is emblematic of the spirit of Phi Kappa Phi's Ray Sylvester Distinguished Service Award."
A recognized leader on campus, Dr. Briscoe has taught at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock for more than 25 years. He is the first African American male in the university's history to attain full professorship. Dr. Briscoe has been recognized with numerous awards for his academic service and teaching including the 2003 Distinguished Alumnus Award and 2008 Distinguished Service Award from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. He was also named the inaugural University of Arkansas at Little Rock Distinguished Teaching Fellow in 2009.
Dr. Briscoe holds a Ph.D. in sociology from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Named in memory of President-Elect Dr. H. Ray Sylvester, the Ray Sylvester Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Service Award honors an individual who has provided sustained, non-compensated volunteer service to others beyond the realm of academia. The award was established in 2013 and is given once every two years. Recipients receive a $1,000 honorarium, life membership and recognition citation. Dr. Briscoe will accept the award on August 3 at the Society's biennial convention in Minneapolis.
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We're talking about another movie scored a supposedly rare 0% on Rotten Tomatoes today, except this has two key differences to others I've discussed on here before. For a start, unlike the DVD and Netflix releases from before, this one actually made into cinemas. Bear in mind that this got released in the last week or so over here in Australia, after the majority of critics gave a God-sized thumbs down, so time to brush off that soapbox to talk about Australia's screwed-up cinematic priorities.
The other difference is that, quite frankly, I may have watched this solely because of its bad reputation but I am getting kind of tired of just approaching these movies based mainly on that single integer. This is going to be a small change of pace as, along with being as genuine as I've always been on this blog, I will also be making more of a considerate effort to find merit in it. I'm not expecting to find much for obvious reasons, but let's just see what happens.
The plot: Architect Dana (Kate Beckinsale), her husband David (Mel Raido) and their son Lucas (Duncan Joiner) move out of Brooklyn into a rural Southern home. As they all settle in, meet the neighbours and Dana gets to work on repairing her new house, she discovers a hidden-off room in the house that isn't on any of the official plans. As thoughts and dreams start to haunt her about the last resident of that room, she soon learns of the dark secrets the house holds… and how they may soon take her over.
The cast here is boring with a capital lame. Beckinsale is in no way able to work with her dialogue, making the long spurts of movie-reality business jargon she says every few scenes feel extremely forced. This is pretty much why I make it a point of highlighting the cast as much as I do in these reviews: Because it's really, really fucking obvious when someone is screwing up. Not that she's alone in that regard, though, as Raido is just about the most shiftless parental figure I've seen in a horror film in a very long time. Incredibly obnoxious and terribly stereotyped in terms of being a stay-at-home dad, he was directed to act this way just to make Beckinsale, our main character, look tolerable by comparison.
Joiner is weak but mainly on the inoffensive side of child acting; it's bad but it's not as atrocious as I've seen elsewhere. Lucas Till shows up as a walking aborted subplot, and even that is being generous, and Gerald McRaney as the big bad ghost of the story is… I really want to say that he's good but, knowing he's been able to keep his head well above water even in bad films, this is subpar.
Writer Wentworth Miller, better known for his role in Prison Break, to date has one other film under his belt with Stoker. It was a pretty well-regarded film, but that's in spite of its script and more attributed to the direction. We're dealing with a director here whose best work was Disturbia, a basic re-tooling of the classic Rear Window, so hopes aren't exactly high that this will be a similar situation. Between this and Stoker, Miller seems to have a real fascination with the seedy lives of the upper class, exposing it for the sake of commentary and spine tingles, and this is no exception.
When we get into what exactly the titular Disappointments Room is and what it was used for, it follows that same path and, between the societal "what will the neighbours think?" level of criticism and how Dana's guilt and depression is portrayed on screen, we get a decent comparison of the two parental mindsets. Unfortunately, it doesn't end up doing a whole lot with that idea, making the mistake of highlighting behaviour without really commenting on it. In a film like this, where the lower-middle class stereotypes are this rampant from David to the ice cream store clerk, that mistake ends up creating confusion on whether this is trying to commentate on the class divide or simply wants to exploit it to give this horror film more meaning.
Can't say that works out too well either as, for a horror film, the horror elements here make absolutely zero sense. Oh sure, it's easy to understand why they exist within this film, but for the characters within it, the presences that are constantly out of their eyesight should in no way affect them as they do here. It takes the fact that film editing is essentially rewriting reality, and fumbles it to create a film that constantly, yet unintentionally, nudges the fourth wall. Add to that the always-irksome trope of having the scariest moments happen during dreams by the main character, and you get weaksauce pouring out of this film's many structural cracks.
And now for the worst part of the entire film, even more so than its writing and directorial issues (well, specifically at any rate): This is incredibly dull. The film's narrative just blazes through plot beats that are honestly just following the haunted house sub-genre's blueprints, keeping whatever tantalising character developments that could be made either too thin to really latch onto, or just ignored altogether for pretty much no reason. Unless the editor was off his face on pharmaceuticals, a film this short shouldn't be this devoid of actual character. And no, Dana's familial relationships don't count as characterisation. As a result, we get a film where there is barely anything happening, and the little that does end up transpiring is made uninteresting because it seems like not even the filmmakers know what to do with it, let alone the audience. Hell, the little that does take place here fails largely because, in the progression of events we see on screen, it doesn't make any sense.
All in all, it would be far too easy to call this a disappointment as far, far too many critics already have. Personally, even discarding how I found out about the movie in the first place, this isn't a disappointment because I cannot understand how anyone could have thought this was going to be good. The acting is lame, the direction fails pretty basic tenets of conveying fiction and the writing feels like the thought patterns of a stoner writ large, in that it keeps thinking it's making valid points but ultimately just keeps getting distracted by itself and making very little sense in the process. This is drywall mixed with pieces of reflective glass to make it look better than it actually is: It's incredibly dull and not even worth the watch if you happen to enjoy bad movies.
Labels: 2016, beckinsale, d.j. caruso, duncan joiner, haunted house, horror, lucas till, mahan, mel raido, movie, psychological, review, wentworth miller


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Q: How can I solve this simple BJT circuit? Looking at this circuit (first circuit):

Choose a value for V2 between 0V and 10V. Then how could we know the IB, IC, IE, VB, VC, VE? Can we solve it by hand (by hand means the value IB, IC, IE, VB, VC, VE no need to be exact, but in general, it makes sense, using vol-amp characteristic curve of BJT is allowed...) or must we use a simulator?
I try one example, say V2 = 0V. I thought there is a current goes from V1 to R1 to base to emitter to R2 to ground. But when I use simulation, I find that there is no current goes through R2, there is a current goes from R1 to base to collector to V2 to ground. This is very different than I thought.
And then increase V2 to 0.1V 0.2V 0.3V in simulator ...there are a lot of things happen that I can't think of one way to solve this by hand (with value of V2 randomly chosen). Please help me out.
My ultimate purpose for this is I want to solve this circuit (second circuit):

Let VA = 0V or 6V and VB = 0V or 6V, then solve for all currents and voltages in the circuit. I think I have to understand the first circuit then I am able to solve the second circuit.

A: I'll focus on the poor AND circuit:

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
There are four conditions, as you've suggested. Take each one in turn, given your statement about \$V_{_\text{CC}}=6\:\text{V}\$ and nominally for initial analysis purposes, \$LO=0\:\text{V}\$ and \$HI=6\:\text{V}\$. (In all cases, while we may not know the exact value for \$X\$, we do know that it cannot be below ground nor above \$V_{_\text{CC}}\$.)
Before I continue, there is a BJT parameter you can find on datasheets: \$I_{_\text{CBO}}\$. This is the collector cutoff current. For example, from this old datasheet on the 2N2222 you can see the value at room temperature and with \$50\:\text{V}\$ of reverse CB voltage, \$I_{_\text{CBO}}\le 10\:\text{nA}\$ and at \$150^\circ\:\text{C}\$ it rises to \$I_{_\text{CBO}}\le 10\:\mu\text{A}\$ (1000 times higher.) Either way, these are very tiny currents. For below, let's just assume \$I_{_\text{CBO}}= 50\:\text{nA}\$. (In practice and in Spice it will not be that high.)

*

*\$A=LO\$ and \$B=LO\$: \$Q_1\$ is off, regardless of \$X\$, and therefore the collector/base junction is reverse-biased by about \$6\:\text{V}\$ and we can assume only a small \$I_{_\text{CBO}}\$ via \$R_1\$, meaning the base voltage will be about \$500\:\mu\text{V}\$. Emitter current is essentially zero. \$Q_2\$ is off. So \$Q_2\$'s base is hugged tight to ground and should be very close to it. As there is no emitter current in \$Q_1\$ there cannot be any collector or emitter current in \$Q_2\$. So \$R_3\$ pulls the output down almost exactly to ground. Output impedance is \$R_3\$.

*\$A=HI\$ and \$B=LO\$: \$Q_1\$ is active. But \$Q_2\$ is off. so we expect at most \$I_{_\text{CBO}}\$ in \$Q_2\$. That current has to come from \$Q_1\$'s emitter. But as only \$\frac1{\beta+1}\$ of it comes via \$R_1\$, we can pretty much say the base of \$Q_1\$ is also at \$6\:\text{V}\$. It's emitter will be about \$V_T\cdot\ln\left(\frac{I_{_\text{CBO}}}{I_{_\text{SAT}}}\right)\$ or perhaps as much as a few hundred millivolts across the BE junction of \$Q_1\$. So we'd expect \$Q_2\$'s collector to be within a few hundred millivolts of \$V_{_\text{CC}}\$. That still doesn't mean there's any emitter current in \$Q_2\$, as it is off. So, again, \$R_3\$ pulls the output down almost exactly to ground. Output impedance is \$R_3\$.

*\$A=LO\$ and \$B=HI\$: \$Q_1\$ is off. So its emitter current is basically zero. But \$Q_2\$ is active, now. While there's no \$Q_2\$ collector current, you do have two resistors present. So the emitter current (which is also the base current) is \$\frac{V_{_\text{CC}}-V_{_\text{BE}}}{R_3+R_2}\$ and, after multiplying that current by \$R_3\$, gives about \$1.7\:\text{V}\$ at the output. This is not really \$LO\$ nor is it really \$HI\$. So this is probably a bad AND gate. Output impedance is about \$R_3\mid\mid R_2\$ (though there may be a very slight bit of Shockley diode stuff going on, it's not important given these resistor values.)

*\$A=HI\$ and \$B=HI\$: Both \$Q_1\$ and \$Q_2\$ are now active and now there can be some emitter current from \$Q_1\$ into \$Q_2\$'s collector. So in this case, the emitter current of \$Q_2\$ is \$\frac{V_{_\text{CC}}-V_{_\text{BE}}}{R_3+\frac{R_2}{\beta+1}}\$ and, after multiplying that current by \$R_3\$, gives about \$5.2\:\text{V}\$ at the output. Again, this isn't exactly \$LO\$ nor is it really \$HI\$. But it's perhaps close enough to \$HI\$ to be tolerable. Output impedance is closer now to \$\frac{R_2}{\beta+1}\$, which is low enough to be useful.

Assuming \$\beta\approx 200\$:
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In short, I'd say that this isn't really a good AND gate.
Here's the four cases. Top row, left to right, showing all the connections, respectively to the cases above. Bottom row, left to right, their equivalent cartoons.

simulate this circuit

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I try one example, say V2 = 0V. I thought there is a current goes from V1 to R1 to base to emitter to R2 to ground. But when I use simulation, I find that there is no current goes through R2, there is a current goes from R1 to base to collector to V2 to ground.

It's a NPN transistor, so both the base-emitter junction and the base-collector junction are a PN junction. So, under the right conditions, current can flow from base to collector as you've seen.
Below is a simplified version of your schematic to better illustrate why. The 2 PN junctions are replaced with diodes and the 0V V2 with ground. (because a 0V DC supply is equivalent to ground).

simulate this circuit – Schematic created using CircuitLab
Current can flow trough D2 straight to ground. The voltage at the anode will be about 0.6V above ground (D2's forward voltage). Any current flowing trough D1 and R2 causes a voltage drop in R2, which lifts D1's cathode voltage. Since it's anode is clamped at 0.6V by D2 there's not enough forward voltage to keep D1 conducting. Thus the bulk of the current will flow trough D2.
Note that this is a special situation, caused by the resistance in series with the emitter and forcing the collector voltage low enough, not something you'll see in actual circuits.

EDIT:

As you explain, I understood when V2 = 0. But how about V2 = 0.1V ; 0.2V ; 0.3V ; 0.4V...?

It's just as simple for other V2 voltages. Say V2 = 0.2V. Now D2's cathode is at 0.2V, so it's anode will be at around 0.8V (0.2 + D2's forward voltage). Now current can flow trough R2 until the voltage drop over R2 reaches approximately 0.2V (about 42μA). From then on D1's forward voltage will start being pinched off again. The rest of the current will flow trough D2.
Since we know the diode's anodes are at 0.8V you can calculate the current trough R1, subtract the 42μA going trough D1/R2, and arrive at the current trough D2.
You will find that if you keep increasing V2's voltage, at some point there won't be enough forward voltage for D2 or D2 becomes reverse biased and current can no longer flow in that direction.
(A major caveat to keep in mind is that a diode's forward voltage depends somewhat on the current trough the diode. For the very tiny currents we're talking about the forward voltage could be a bit less then 0.6V. Remember that when you're trying things out.)
This technique of pinching off forward voltage can actually be used. For example, here's a simple current limiting circuit:

simulate this circuit
D2 and D3 will keep the base voltage at approximately 1.2V. A small base-emitter current will flow, allowing a much larger collector-emitter current to flow which lights the LED. Both the B-E and C-E current will flow trough R1 to ground, causing a voltage drop in R1 which lifts the emitter voltage. When the drop over R1 reaches around 0.6V the B-E will start being pinched off. So current is limited to around 10mA.

As for your second circuit, it pretty much functions as you said. Applying 6V to the base resistors of both transistors allows base-emitter current to flow in both transistors. This allows collector-emitter current to flow in both transistors and current can flow from the +6V supply to point C.
Apply ground to any of both base resistors and base-emitter current can no longer flow in that transistor and thus no more collector-emitter current.
The 4.7K resistor here is simply a pull-down to keep point C at a low level when any or both transistors are off.

A: *

*the Com.Collector or Emitter follower which is a current buffer… Imagine it as  an impedance amplifier in both directions with a 600 mV drop when Vbe is forward biased.

So you have an attenuating switch with fig1
When input is high, R1= 10k /hFE and load = 4.7k minus 600 mV so let hFE=100 and emitter sees 10k/100=100 ohms pulling up with 600 mV drop and 4700 ohm load and it is a logic "1".  so you get what voltage?
Then for the AND gate the top switch must give a follower voltage with the B-E diode drop ~ 600 mV drop and this only reduces  the Voh or V output-high by that much. But still a logic "1" when high.
So the output will drop 2 diode drops from V2 when both NPN's inputs are high at 6V. E.g. if V2=5V Voh=5-1.2= 3.8V. For TTL Logic Voh>2V = "1". This means to satisfy TTL logic, the V2 must be at least 2V+1.2V = 3.2V
Although I know that all TTL thresholds are 2 diode drops at input or from 1.2 to 1.3V so the 2V requirement for Voh is for noise margin of the difference.
The other fact is for Ic =1mA Vbe= ~ 600 mV and rises to 700mV ~ 10 mA or so depending on size of transistor and less with lower current, so Voh/4k7 changes somewhat with V2, so there is a small change there. This comes from standard diode characteristics which vary exponentially with current until saturated at 0.7V then bulk resistance of the BE junction or diode limits the rise of voltage with current above 1mA.


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Q: Unique value combination in MySQL I'm building a simple friendship table with 3 columns: id, user1, user2
Once a user becomes friends with another user, their ids will be added to the table like this:
+----+-------+-------+
| id | user1 | user2 |
+----+-------+-------+
|  1 |   15  |   9   |
+----+-------+-------+
|  2 |   9   |   32  |
+----+-------+-------+

The above table is ok but in some cases, a user might want to become friends with a user they are already friends with, resulting in the following table:
+----+-------+-------+
| id | user1 | user2 |
+----+-------+-------+
|  1 |   15  |   9   |
+----+-------+-------+
|  2 |   9   |   32  |
+----+-------+-------+
|  3 |   9   |   15  |
+----+-------+-------+

In this table, index 1 and 3 are in conflict with each other (2 & 3 are NOT) and I would therefore like an error returned upon insertion (duplicate entry). Is there a way to do this?

A: When inserting into this table, before you issue the query, you should always make sure that user1 has the smaller of the two user IDs. Then the situation you described will never happen.
You can implement this either in your application code, or as a stored procedure that you execute to insert a new relation between two users.

A: Let me offer another perspective.  You might want to keep the friends table as a reciprocal relationship.  So, both directions would be stored in the table.  The correct table would look like:
----+-------+-------+
| id | user1 | user2 |
+----+-------+-------+
|  1 |   15  |   9   |
+----+-------+-------+
|  2 |   9   |   15  |
+----+-------+-------+
|  3 |   9   |   32  |
+----+-------+-------+
|  4 |   32  |   9   |
+----+-------+-------+

Why would you want to do just an absurd thing, doubling the size of the data?  Typical queries on such data are about who is a friend of friend or to list all the friends of a given user.  Such queries require traversing this data as a graph structure, and you need both links.  Not only do such queries become much more complicated with a single row per friendship, but because subqueries (derived tables) are often involved, the query loses the ability to use indexes.
With this structure, you need to be careful when inserting to insert both directions of the relationship.  Then a simple unique constraint on the two columns ensures that duplicates are not inserted.

A: You can create a trigger to automatically fix this, similar to Dmytro's answer:
CREATE TRIGGER trgr_uid_check BEFORE INSERT ON Relationships
    FOR EACH ROW
    BEGIN
      IF NEW.user1 > NEW.user2 THEN
        SET @user1 = NEW.user1;
        SET NEW.user1 = NEW.user2;
        SET NEW.user2 = @user1;
      END IF;
    END

A: You could do a simple query to check if there is already a friendship:
SELECT id
FROM your_table
WHERE (user1 = numToInsert1 AND user2 = numToInsert2)
OR (user1 = numToInsert2 AND user2 = numToInsert1)

If this statement returns anything it means that there is already a friendship between those two. If this statement does not return anything insert your new friendship.


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Defeated Tsitsipas, Djokovic leveled Nadal's 33 Masters record
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Number one seed defeated Stefanos Tsitsipas in the Madrid Open finals 2019 on May 12, with the score 6-3, 6-4.
Novak Djokovic played 47 1000 Masters finals and won 32 championships – including twice in Madird Open. In contrast, Tsitsipas was only one finalist and failed (lost to Rafael Nadal in Rogers Cup 2018). But on the impressive journey in Toronto that year, the young Greek player defeated Djokovic in the first encounter.
Djokovic is in high form without losing a set in Madrid this week, and this is a good opportunity to reclaim the old debt. The number one seed soon put pressure on it after breaking the first delivery game at the second break-point, to rise to a 2-0 lead. After unsuccessful abandonment situations, Tsitsipas changed his tactics back and forth deep into the baseline and unexpectedly fell into the "ready trap" of the world's No. 1 player.
Completely in control of the game, Djokovic lost only seven points, before closing the first set after a netting of the eighth seed.
Playing more focused in the second set, Tsitsipas confidently resolves both break-points facing the first double fault, to preserve the entire game. However, Djokovic showed the mischief of a seasoned player. Maintaining stability when handing the ball, he waits for the mistakes of his opponent
Tsitsipas consecutively failed in the hinged game and had to pay a heavy price when the second game was taken by Djokovic, falling into the lead 4-5. At this point, every attempt to get up to the 20-year-old became too late, even though Tsitsipas tried to get to the fourth championship point in order to stand on top of the racket.
Playing ahead of young talent from Greece, Djokovic does not face any break-point in the 90 minutes of the final, to be the third to win Madrid Open champion and mark the title 74th ATP.
That achievement has also helped world No. 1 players to level Nadal's record of 33 Masters 1000 titles – defeating soldiers at the hands of Stefanos Tsitsipas in the previous semi-final.
Missed the chance to win the first Masters but Tsitsipas is still leading the 2019 season with 27 wins and before coming to Rome next week, the Greek player will climb to number seven in the world, the highest order in his career.
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Aspen High girls golf season tees off Monday in Grand Junction
News | March 5, 2017
Austin Colbert
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Aspen High School senior Kat Kowar practices inside Thursday at the Aspen Junior Golf center. The AHS girls golf season gets underway Monday in Grand Junction.
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It can be difficult to tell if Kat Kowar is headed to the slopes or the links by her wardrobe alone.
"It's a lot like dressing to go skiing, except you are going to go golfing," the Aspen High School senior said. "It's still snowing, and it's usually raining up until the last few tournaments."
Kowar is in her second year on the AHS girls golf team, which, according to coach Don Buchholz, has "the worst season of any sport in Aspen."
Look outside and winter is clearly still here, but according to the high school sports calendar, it's springtime. The spring prep season began last week with practices, and Monday the AHS girls golf team will get its season underway with a tournament in Grand Junction.
"Very scared — I'm not good under pressure," said freshman Julia Higdon, who is new to competitive golf, of Monday's tournament. "When I first came here on Tuesday, I was terrified. I felt a little better because we had played a little bit at least, before. But now that we've been here a few days, I feel like everyone is in the same boat."
The AHS girls are trying to replace a strong senior class, which included last year's lone state qualifier, Dolores Sharaf. Sharaf, now a student at the University of Georgia, took 21st in the Class 4A state tournament last spring in Pueblo. She shaved 13 strokes off her second-round score compared to her first.
"I've got a great turnout this year. I've got 12 players, so it could be the largest team in the history of Aspen," Buchholz said. "We play against Delta, Montrose and Grand Junction, those teams that unfortunately for us and fortunately for them are hitting balls into the air off a driving range."
While Buchholz has the numbers this season, he does lack developed players. Unless they opt to travel, the AHS girls are unlikely to hit off of green grass outside of tournaments this season. This can make practices somewhat unorthodox compared to their opponents in the drier southwest part of the state.
The team operates mostly out of the Aspen Junior Golf building, located adjacent to the clubhouse at the Aspen Golf Club. With an indoor hitting net and putting green — not to mention a new simulator inside the main clubhouse — the Skiers can make golf practice legitimate, despite feet of snow just outside the door.
"The really nice thing about not being able to train outside right away, is when you are first getting into the season and starting to swing clubs again, you are not so focused on ball flight," Kowar said. "It's more about technique and body positioning and things like that, which are all really important to have a nice ball flight. So that I think is an advantage that is sometimes overlooked."
Monday's season-opening tournament, hosted by Palisade at Chipeta Golf Course, is the first of seven Buchholz hopes to get the girls to this spring. An important early-season tournament at Battlement Mesa in Parachute occurs around the same time as AHS's spring break. Battlement Mesa will host Aspen's Class 3A regional the first week of May. This is the first season there has been a 3A classification for girls golf.
The 3A state golf tournament is scheduled for May 22-23 at Broadlands Golf Course in Broomfield.
"We did get the short end of the stick as far as seasons go. Regardless, though, it's fun," Kowar said. "We roll up to the first tournament and we haven't hit on grass before. That's always exciting, I guess."
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Technology commercialization strategy selection: Analytical network process approach
Shu Hsuan Chang, Yung Chi Shen, Chen An Wu
Department of Industrial Education and Technology
The goal of technology commercialization is to transform technology innovation into product or service which has market value. Selecting an appropriate technology commercialization strategy is essential to the success of creating the commercial benefits. However, selecting a suitable technology commercialization strategy for a company is difficult, and involves numerous complex considerations. Resource-based view suggests that internal and external sources, derived from human or technical assets and resources, can determine success of technology commercialization. Specifically, technology commercialization strategy decision involves two key components, namely, technology strategy and technology competence, and interdependence exists between the two components. Technology commercialization strategy selection is modeled as a multi-criteria decision making problem. The decision makers should select the technology commercialization strategies which best match the needs of the technology strategy and technology competence by contemporaneously considering multiple and interdependent evaluation criteria to ensure success. Owing to the complex nature of technology commercialization strategy selection, the selection decision represents a dilemma in that its solution depends on human judgment, yet the problem is too complex to be solved by human judgment alone. Thus, an effective decision support model specifically for dealing with interdependence among criteria must be developed. Based on the resource-based theory, this study develops a systematic decision support model for selecting technology commercialization strategy. This study describes the technology strategies, as well as the technology competences and the corresponding sub-criteria used to evaluate technology commercialization strategy. Furthermore, the analytic network process is adopted to deal with the interdependence among criteria of different layers in the analysis process for selecting a suitable technology commercialization strategy. Additionally, an empirically comparison investigation for two companies demonstrates the computational process and effectiveness of the proposed model, which attempts to improve the quality of decision making. The investigation obtains data by administering the questionnaires to the committees of decision makers with sufficient experience to participate in the technology commercialization strategy decisions of the two companies. The weighting factor for each criterion and sub-criterion can be calculated using the proposed decision model. The decision makers apply each measure to assess the technology commercialization strategies. Technology commercialization strategy is determined by choosing the strategy with the highest desirability index following the synthesis evaluation. The important findings of this study are concluded as follows. (a) According to the investigated results, the decision model is decomposed into two layers, namely, the technology strategies and the criteria of technology competences used for evaluating commercialization alternatives. Technology strategy is divided into four dimensions, namely, radicality, R&D spending, external resources, and patenting. The technology competence is composed of five dimensions, namely, experience capability, budget capability, equipment capability, output capability, and management capability. The decision model is used to measure the relative importance of criteria after taking the interdependence between the technology strategy and technology competence into consideration. The decision model can efficiently grasp the actual decision making conditions and express the validity and reliability of evaluation criteria. The invention of decision model can help decision makers deliberate and realign their technology strategy and technology commercialization strategy. (b) For case company M, a mechanical manufacturing company, its technology strategy emphasizes patenting and R&D spending. The core competence of company M consists of management capability and output capability. For case company E, an electronic company, the budget capability is the core competence and the company's technology strategy focuses on the ratio of radical technology. The technology commercialization strategy with higher desirability index calculated by the decision model can meet the company's needs. Finally, the research results are verified by the decision making committees and the top executives of these two companies, who strongly agree that the results provide a valuable reference for technology commercialization strategy selection. Moreover, the decision model is recommended as a useful tool for technology commercialization management.
36th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, ICC and IE 2006 - Taipei, Taiwan
36th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, ICC and IE 2006
06-06-20 → 06-06-23
Chang, S. H., Shen, Y. C., & Wu, C. A. (2006). Technology commercialization strategy selection: Analytical network process approach. 5391-5402. Paper presented at 36th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, ICC and IE 2006, Taipei, Taiwan.
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Chang SH, Shen YC, Wu CA. Technology commercialization strategy selection: Analytical network process approach. 2006. Paper presented at 36th International Conference on Computers and Industrial Engineering, ICC and IE 2006, Taipei, Taiwan.


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